20 Odd Questions With Director Tim Pope

There are those who think the bad boy of 1980s pop videos died in the '90s. He didn't!

Updated July 4, 2013 11:38 p.m. ET

AS A MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR, Tim Pope has one of the most enviable résumés around: Soft Cell, the Cure, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, The The, Neil Young, Paul Weller, the Darkness, Fatboy Slim.

He made his name in the 1980s, after which he was often "off doing other things": having a "bruising" encounter with Hollywood—directing "The Crow: City of Angels" for Miramax, prior to which he had directed his own...